Word Origin Summary

Maquiller is attested in French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *makjanOld Frankishderived from
2. macquillerMiddle Frenchinherited from
3. *makōnProto-West Germanicderived from
4. makenMiddle Dutchderived from
5. *makierFrenchinherited from
6. macōnOld Dutchderived from
7. *mag-Proto-Indo-Europeanderived from
8. maquierPicardderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• machia

  Romanian · borrowed from

• maquilhagem

  Portuguese · borrowed from

• maquillar

  Spanish · borrowed from

• makiye

  Mauritian Creole · derived from

• maquillar

  Catalan · borrowed from

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